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A little child stood thinking sorrowfully and ill at ease	A
In a forest beneath the branches of the tall pine trees	A
And his big brown eyes with tears seemed dim	B
While one soft arm rested on a huge dog close by him	B
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And only four summers had passed o'er his baby head	C
And poor little child his twin brother was dead	C
Who had died but a few days before	D
And now he must play alone for he'd see him no more	D
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And for many generations 'tis said for a truth	E
That the eldest bairn of the Cronberg family died early in youth	E
Owing to a curse that pursued them for many a day	F
Because the Cronberg chief had carried a lovely maiden away	F
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That belonged 'tis said to the bold Viking chief	G
And her aged mother could find no relief	G
And she cursed the Cronberg family in accents wild	H
For the loss of her darling beautiful child	H
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So at last the little child crept back to its home	I
And entered the silent nursery alone	J
Where he knew since morning his twin brother had lain	K
But alas they would never walk hand in hand again	L
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And pausing breathless he gazed into the darkened room	M
And there he saw in the dark gloom	M
The aged Gudrun keeping her lonely watch o'er the dead	C
Sad and forlorn at the head of the bed	C
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Then little Olaf sprang joyfully into the room	M
And bounding upon the bed not fearing the corpse in the gloom	M
And crept close beside the white form	N
That was wont to walk by his side night and morn	O
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And with his dimpled hands his brother he did stroke	P
And with grief his little heart almost broke	P
And he whispered in baby talk his brother's name	Q
But alas to him no answer came	Q
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But his good old nurse let little Olaf be	R
The more it was very sad to see	R
But she could not check the child nor on him frown	S
And as she watched him the tears came trickling down	S
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Then Olaf cried Oh nursey when will he speak again	L
And old Gudrun said My lamb 'tis all in vain	K
He is singing sweet songs with the angels now	T
And kissed him fondly on cheek and brow	T
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And the same evening Olaf wandered out on the green	U
Which to him and his brother oft a playground had been	V
And lying down on the messy bank their old play place	W
He fell asleep with a heavenly smile upon his face	W
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And as he slept if seemed to him an angel drew near	X
And bending o'er him seemed to drop a tear	Y
And swept his closed eyes with her downy wing	Z
Then in whispers softly she did sing	Z
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Love God and be good to all and one day	F
You'll meet your brother in Heaven in grand array	F
On that bright and golden happy shore	D
Where you and your brother shall part no more	D
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Then the angel kissed him and vanished away	F
And Olaf started to his feet in great dismay	F
Then he turned his eyes to Heaven for his heart felt sore	D
And from that day the house of Cronberg was cursed no more	D

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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